OREANDA-NEWS. June 20, 2014. Aeroflot (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) was the world’s most punctual airline in May 2014, according to statistics compiled by flightstats.com.

In May 91.18% of Aeroflot flights arrived on time, putting Russia’s flagship carrier ahead of peers such as Lufthansa, British Airways and Emirates.

It is the first time that Aeroflot has taken top spot in the flightstats.com rankings. In 2013 the Russian national airline was one of Europe’s top five on-time carriers, ahead of competitors including Air France, British Airways and Alitalia.

"Aeroflot today is a truly successful premium-class airline with a deserved international reputation thanks to our high levels of customer service and our young, modern fleet," said Aeroflot CEO Vitaly Savliev. "This represents a radical turnaround from the reputation that the airline had 10 years ago".

flightstats.com monitors more than 150,000 flights globally to deliver real-time information, and records even the smallest flight delays of less than 15 minutes.